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TIL Despite his popularity in the west, Kublai Khan is not as popular in Mongolia as his brother Ariq Böke. While Kublai ruled by adopting Chinese principles and ruled from a Chinese palace, Ariq Böke re-embraced Mongolian culture and ruled briefly from a yurt.

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